Now that I’ve successfully completed my first online scrapbooking class, I have decided to sign up for another online scrapbooking class. This time, I’m going to check out the class offered from Ella Publishing. I enjoy their blog and their … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Many scrapbookers, if not most, edit photographs in one way or another. Photographs are edited from the beginning—when the photographer decides to take a photograph, something else remains unphotographed—to the end—when … Continue reading
April is National Poetry Month and that’s got me thinking about how poetry relates to scrapbooking. People who love poetry really love poetry according to David Orr’s book, Beautiful and Pointless (as reported by David Kirby’s commentary. This got me … Continue reading
Have I told you how much I love The Happiness Project? That’s why I am talking about it each Monday. Whether you are a scrapbooker or considering becoming a scrapbooker or not, most readers can get a lot out of … Continue reading
I will be participating in my first ever blog hop next Sunday!
Each Saturday, I provide a compilation of links from the week’s posts. Scrap Happy: Take Time for Projects Behind the Scenes: Five Things about Me Scrapbooks Lie Books and Blogs: Write. Click. Scrapbook Minimalist Scrapbooking 9 Ways to get more … Continue reading
I have decided to replace Scrapweb with Minimalist Scrapbooking. I can share the links of my favorite posts from the week via facebook and Twitter. It seems redundant to do it here, too. This will save me time because I … Continue reading
Each Thursday I review a book or blog related to scrapbooking. The Review Write. Click. Scrapbook. is an excellent blog with a steady stream of useful content. I reviewed this blog from March 7 to April 7, 2011. Write. Click. … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Scrapbooks contain narratives about the past. These narratives to some extent “must be fictionalized in order for us to make sense of our lives … in order to survive” (Mavor 1997:115). … Continue reading
I try to limit discussing my personal life on Scrapworthy Lives. There are plenty of blogs where people share a great detail about their life already out there. I realize though that I need to share a bit more of … Continue reading
Stephanie Medley-Rath is a sociologist and scrapbooker who studies scrapbooking and memory keeping. Scrapworthy Lives is a blog focused on her sociological analysis of scrapbooking, with a sprinkling of posts about Stephanie's own scrapbooking projects.
